Diogo Carriço

Piano Lessons Utrecht

Hello! I'm Diogo Carriço, Portuguese pianist and piano teacher in Utrecht centrum. I'm passionate about many kinds of music, and I'll be happy to go guide you on the exciting and fulfilling journey, that is learning piano and expressing yourself through the music you like the most.

Trial Lesson 

The trial lesson is the perfect way to get acquainted. We will discuss your goals, I love to hear you playing and you will get an impression of my way of teaching! Please let me know your favourite music styles!

Beginner Piano Lessons

Enjoy the best of contemporary piano-methods, songs and fun exercises and acquire a solid foundation of piano technique in no time! You'll learn to read music, rhyhtms and basic music theory.

Intermediate - Advanced

How to become a better pianist? Maybe some bad practise habits give disappointing results?
I believe the key to good results is practising better, not practising more. I'll help you structure and improve the efficiency of your practicing time so that you can enjoy more time playing what you like, and less struggling to achieve those joyful moments.

These topics will be covered

• piano etudes,
• scales and arpeggios
• classical, romantic, contemporary piano repertoire
• personalised exercises
• agility and dexterity.
• posture and relaxation,
• sound and performance
• Interpretation, music theory
• expression and transfer of your musical ideas

Lesson Location

I give the piano lessons at my home studio, close to the Central Station Utrecht, where besides the piano there is also electronic music gear.

Piano Lessons at your Home

If you prefer the piano lessons to be at your home in Utrecht, I can come to you. Depending on distance and schedule/travel time, travel costs may be charged.

Lesson Packs

Enjoy good value and flexibility with the Packs of 5 and 10 piano lessons.Book a trial lesson first!

Classical Piano Music to Contemporary

The best way to learn an instrument is to play the music that moves you. I teach a wide variety of musical styles focusing on classical, neoclassical, minimalism, rock, film music and experimental.

Electronic Music and Piano

I also love creating electronic music to play with the piano, and this we can do together as well! You would learn music production techniques, how to prepare a set for live performance and how to naturally integrate the piano in it. Thus, learning more about Ableton Live, effects, controllers, keyboards, synthesizers, audio interfaces, mixers and other electronic gear.

Piano and Computer

Experimenting and composing are amongst my favourite activities! I've bowed the piano strings with magnetic tape, or scratched them, recorded sounds of real life and manipulated them on the computer, put electronic effects on the piano, made video respond live to my piano playing, used hand gestures in the air to play synthesizers and even embraced more complex Indian rhythms! If you enjoy experimenting or would like to try, I'll welcome your ideas with open arms, and we can even work on customised versions of the pieces you are working on.

About me

My attraction for piano started already when I was very young in my hometown in Portugal. Aged around five, I started having piano lessons, which eventually prepared me to later study in institutions like the Porto Conservatory, Centro Superior Katarina Gurska (Madrid) and School for the Applied Arts of Castelo Branco (Portugal), where I earned my bachelor degree. These years constituted my solid classical training, but as I grew older, I missed something.

Video

I was looking for mute movies to which I could play piano, when one day in a concert I discovered that video could be programmed to react live to what the musician is playing. This had a great influence on me and led me to delve deeper and deeper into the electronic music and audiovisuals world. Today, in my concerts, I use the piano, electronic music and live video together as a whole, having each element reacting to each other in an immersive audiovisual performance.

Scholarship

In 2018 I was awarded a merit scholarship by GDA Foundation to pursue a master degree in Live Electronics in the Conservatory of Amsterdam. I'm also interested in pushing forward the way new technologies can be used for music making, and have been since using the Leap Motion hands sensor to control electronic music with the gestures of my hands in the air.

Artist in Residence

As result of this work, an invitation to be artist in residency in the University of Arts of Amsterdam followed. I performed in numerous locations, pointing up EYE filmmuseum (Amsterdam), MaderiaDig festival, Uitmarkt festival (Orgelpark, Amsterdam) and Hard Club Porto, as well as appeared in media as De Groene Amsterdammer, RTP Madeira, and Cycling74. In 2019 I was awarded the prize "Young Creators" by the Portuguese National Centre of Culture.